Wedding cards

I'm a little behind! Nothing new for me. Life gets in the way. I was ahead but now I'm behind. I'm sure it will happen again. 

These are some wedding cards that I made. I wasn't sure if I would really like them as they are very dark but I really do and they were all used. My daughter in laws used 1 each and I used one.

The first 2 cards were inspired by a thank you card I received from a friend, The Serendipitous Stamper(very talented lady) Thanks Ellen Taylor.

So the first one is a 5.5" X 4" made from a blue toned cardstock. Most of the paper is from my stash.  I cut the patterned paper .25" smaller.  The blue paper was cut another.25". I ruffed up one corner  so the patterned paper shows through. Everything was edged on CTMH chocolate ink.

I cut a 2'  strip of dark brown paper and then layered it with the patterned paper. This was also edged with chocolate ink.I ruffled some white ribbon and attached it under the strip. This was a challenge but I did it.

The frame(retired) is stamped in twilight ink and the sentiment is from CTMH C1547- For Always cardmaking workshop in cranberry. 

The butterfly isfrom the stamp set D1627, Your Own Kind of Wonderful. I fussy cut it after stamping.

Everything was distressed with chocolate ink.

The heart stamps is also from D1627.

I added a little red heart from CTMH

The second card was also made with the same papers.The only differences are the frame, which was cut from the CTMH cricut cartridge(Artbooking). It's an overlay on page 60. The sentiment is from D1539, The Happy Couple,which, I know, hard to believe, it's not retired. The bird is from C1536 which is retired and fussy cut and stamped in glacier.

The pearl, and heart is from my stash and the pin actually came off of my Thank you card. I like to reuse items if I can. The ribbon is actually CTMH seam binding that I colored with  New England Ivy ink. It was attached with tombow mono glue. 

The third card is my favorite.  I used Slate cardstock cut at 5.5' X 4". I sanded the edges.The next layer is Smoky Plum which is retired. I used a momenta embossing folder and sanded over the top.

The next layer is a base of white daisy cardstock. I used slate, smoky plum and gypsy ink to do a watercolor look. I stamped the inks on my multi purpose mat and dragged the paper through the ink until I got the look I wanted. After it was dry  I stamped the flourshes from  D1482 Love Life(not retired). I used a distressing tool from CTMH to distress the edges.  The sentiment is from D1646 Finding the Words(not retired) I used versamark ink to stamp the sentiment and used Ranger superfine embossing powder to emboss. I wrapped a white ribbon with the heart charms which came from Michaels.

I hope you enjoyed the cards. If you are interested in any of the CTMH products(that are not retired please feel free to message me or go to my OBA, corinnamurphy.ctmh.com and check out all the wonderful products CTMH has to offer.

Have a great day!

Red, White & Black Christmas Card

Red, White & Black Christmas Card

#christmascardtutorials2015

Another great card that I really loved doing.

It's a 4"X 5.5" card base. I cut a separate piece of Whit Daisy cardstock .25" smaller.

The circles were made with  a 2" recollections hole punch. I marked the edges where the circles would be and stamped the snowmen inside those areas. The stamp set I used was C1506 Flakey Friends(retired)

I know I've been using a lot of retired stamp sets but I didn't have the new ones when I started this class. The stamps I use are mostly different from the ones that Justine used in her tutorials as well. I try to use what I have rather then buy all new.

I stamped the snowmen with black Mementoluxe. I then used the ShinHan markers to color the scarves and hats, branches and bird, carrots and buttons.On the the card that I punched the circles I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set. 

This part was attached to the base with 3D foam tape. 

Hope you enjoyed the card.

Have a great day!

Christmas gifts

 I don't know about you but I spend a lot of time on Pinterest pinning EVERYTHING I like!
These are a couple of ideas that were quite easy to do and they made great gifts.


The firsrt one is inspired by one that was posted by Kay's Keepsakes.
I used a mini bottle with stopper from the dollar store. I found a Christmas message online and typed it in very small print and tucked t in the bottle with some crystal glitter. I wrapped the top of the bottle with hemp and attached some Base & Bling charms. Simple!!

These next couple that I made are inspired by one that was posted by Create & Babble.

The sentiments were cut from Vinyl with the Artbooking Cricut cartridge.

This one I added a faux branch & berries with the crystal glitter. I wrapped the top with some grey & white bakers twine with silver & red bells attached.

This one has a little tree bent over, a little deer and the glitter inside. I wrapped the top in white & gold bakers twine and attached 3 base & bling charms. This ornament was made to go on an ornament stand. 

So the branch and the tree were actually pieces of an old garland that had fallen apart. I keep almost everything. You never know when you might need it. 

Hope you enjoyed these ornaments. 

Have a great day!!

Square Christmas card

#christmascardtutorials2015

This is another one of those great cards from the Christmas card Tutorials.

This a 4X4 card cut from White Daisy cardstock. The frame is cut from CTMH Art Philosophy

Cricut Cartridge. Took me a few tries but I did it. Will use the extras for

 another project.

The background is from an old stash and the snowman is from the same paper pack. The background snowman is part of the background paper.  The snowbank is cut from White Daisy.The little girl is from a small stamp set called Flurry of Love. I won it at a retreat. I stamped the image on White Daisy cardstock and fussy cut her out. I used my ShinHan markers to color the clothes. Carmine and Marine Blue. The sentiment came with the stamp set. 

I attached the background paper to the front of the card. The snowbank is popped up with a pop dot. I attached the girl to the inside of the snowbank and the sledding snowman to the front of the snowbank.I then used CTMH 3D foam take to attach the frame.
 I do enjoy making these cards. There will be more to come!

Have a great day!

Throwback Thursday Scrap book page

I've slowly started to go through my old pictures that I removed from their plastic prison. I unfortunately lost many that my mother had. Who knew that your pictures would get ruined!

This layout is of my first son, Michael and his first experience with snow! Not overly thrilled!!

I used Outdoor Denim cardstock as the base(retired). The pictures are framed in White Daisy. I edged them with Outdoor Denim ink(retired). I used retired CTMH stickers, old stickers... 

I added some random blue buttons from my stash.

The Let's Play is cut from the Cricut Alphabet that came with my Cricut Machine. Outdoor Denim over White Daisy cardstock.

The snowflakes are stampin up, Martha Stewart and a snowflake brad.

I attached a CTMH red enamel gem.

Pretty simple but I like it.

Have a great day!!

Waste Not Wednesday

Waste(less)Wednesday

Remember all those treasures that you've been collecting over the years, The beautiful paper, the embellishments, buttons and baubles. I know I have LOTS!!
Waste(less) Wednesday will be about using up those items so you can find space for New Stuff!! HAHA!!

I found these stickers at the bottom of my Christmas miscellaneous stickers and embellishments.
They are an old Close to My Heart Stickease pack. The penguin is a button and the shovel is from when I used to fill eggs with scenes.
The card is very basic but I love the colors. I attached the penguin with liquid glass.
Ok, so I did a bunch of these cards with the stickers I have so I wasn't writing down where I found everything so.... I don't know where I found the sentiment. I couldn't find it among my many, many Christmas stamps.

Have a great day!

Close To My Heart at CreativeLive